TeV gamma-rays from the Northern sky pulsar wind nebulae

2005/09/29 by W. Bednarek, M. Bartosik
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Cherenkov radiation #Electron #Gamma ray #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Lepton #Magnetosphere #Nuclear physics #Optics #Physics #Plasma #Population #Pulsar #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Sky #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/31/12/008

published as J.Phys.G31:1465,2005 · 13 pages, 1 figure, J.Phys. G accepted

arxiv created 2005/09/29 · openalex publication_date 2005/10/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We estimate the TeV γ-ray fluxes expected from the population of young pulsars in terms of the self-consistent time-dependent hadronic–leptonic model for the high-energy processes inside the pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). This radiation model is based on the hypothesis of Arons and collaborators who postulate that leptons are accelerated inside the nebulae as a result of resonant scattering on heavy nuclei, which in turn are accelerated in the pulsar wind region or the pulsar inner magnetosphere. Our aim is to find out which PWNe on the northern hemisphere are the best candidates for detection at energies above 60 GeV and 200 GeV by the next generation of low-threshold Cherenkov telescopes.

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